Hours after he appeared in court in Manhattan, a U.S. Court of Appeals in California ordered actress Stormy Daniels to pay former President Donald Trump $122,000 in legal fees in a defamation case she lost that Trump considered a legal victory. The former president achieved this win over Daniels Hours after being found guilty in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday in connection with paying a star’s silence money during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Daniels to pay Trump $121,972 in legal fees in connection with a defamation lawsuit she filed against him in 2018 that was later dismissed, in addition to more than $500,000 the court ordered pay her back, according to the New York Post.
In this regard, Trump commented on his Truth Social account: “The Ninth Circuit Court just awarded me $122,000.”
The case dates back to when Daniels alleged that a man, whom she did not name, threatened her and asked her to leave Trump alone after she told In Touch Magazine in a 2011 interview about her relationship with the American billionaire in 2006. year. although the magazine did not publish her interview.
In 2018, Trump accused Daniels of lying about “a man you did not name” and his threats, calling her actions a fraud, prompting the latter to sue him.
